NC Restaurants Hit With DOL Suit Over Pooled Tips
Two North Carolina restaurants have, for four years, kept and pooled tips from front-of-house employees, while unlawfully distributing them to tip-ineligible, back-of-house employees in order to offset labor c... (more story)
Pa. Food Distributor Hit With Off-The-Clock Work Suit
A Philadelphia-based food distribution company failed to pay employees for mandatory work done before and after their shifts, a proposed class action alleges.
1 Home Care Co. Axed From OT Rule Challenge
A home care company facing a U.S. Department of Labor suit over unpaid wages that is currently in the Sixth Circuit cannot stay in a case challenging an Obama-era rule expanding protections for home care worke... (more story)
Morgan Lewis Brings Back Employment Pro From Sidley
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP is welcoming back an employment litigation partner who is also an Occupational Safety and Health Administration expert, from Sidley Austin LLP, the firm announced Friday.
Starbucks Hit With Another Suit Over Uniform Reimbursement
Starbucks employees sued the coffee giant in California federal court Thursday accusing it of refusing to reimburse them for hundreds of dollars they spent to buy apparel that comply with the company's new uni... (more story)
Workers Snag Partial Collective In Management Co. OT Suit
Three workers can proceed as a limited collective in their suit accusing a land management company of cheating them out of overtime pay, a Maryland federal judge ruled, saying that they failed to support their... (more story)
Temple Cancer Center Can't Escape Worker's OT Math Suit
A higher multiplier for overtime calculations for an orderly who earned both hourly pay and a flat bonus is necessary to meet the public policy requirements of Pennsylvania's minimum wage law, a federal judge ... (more story)